Package for gauze, tissues, and the like



Se t. 7, 1937. H. c. SIMON 2,092,526 I PACKAGE FOR GAUZE, TISSUES, ANDTHE LIKE Filed Nbv. 19, 19:55

Patented Sept. 7, 1937 PACKAGE FOR GAUZE, TISSUES, AND THE LIKE Harry 0.Simon, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to The Sterilek 00., Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., a corporation of New York Application November 19, 1935, Serial No.50,505

2 Claims.

The object of the present invention is to provide a packageincorporating a roll of gauze or tissue, whether of paper or cloth, andits primary object is to provide means for maintaining the gauze coveredso as to be protected against contamination whilst permitting sectionsthereof to be unrolled and severed for use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package of the saidtype which will permit the free unrolling of a gauze roll without theneed of spindles at the ends of the roll.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package consisting ofa single blank of cardboard so formed as to enable filling the same witha gauze roll quickly by automatic machinery and which will require noglue or stapling of the protection flap.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawing in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of theinvention showing the protection flap open exposing the gauze roll and afree end of the gauze.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the flap in closed position.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 33, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is ,a transverse section on the line 44, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic plan view showing the blank from which thecarton is made.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that the package comprises abottom wall I, a rear wall 2, a top wall 3 and end walls formed bylateral projections of the bottom, rear and top walls, the front of thecarton being partially closed by lips 4:1: carried by the bottom wallextensions 4, the carton being completed by a front wall 5 having aprotecting closure flap 5r.

In folding the scored blank as shown in Fig. 5, the rear wall is foldedupwardly to vertical position and the lateral extensions 2a: foldedinwardly. The top wall. 3 is then folded to horizontal position and itslateral extensions 3x turned downwardly to vertical position over uponthe lips 2x. Extensions 4 of bottom wall I are then moved upwardly tovertical position and are glued to extensions 320. In this position ofthe parts the roll of gauze I may be inserted in the box and the freeend la: thereof pulled through the slot 5:21: of top wall 3, whereuponlips 4x may be folded inwardly to hold the gauze roll in position asshown in Fig. 1.

Grasping the exposed free end lzc of the gauze, it may be pulled throughthe slot 5x50 until the required length is exposed, and then cut off,leaving a narrow section for a succeeding operation. The roll I mayfreely rotate being held in position by the elements above described.After such operation wall 5 will be moved upwardly and lip 53: tuckedinto the slot for the exposed end of the gauze as indicated by the twosuccessive positions, Figs. 1 and 2, and by the sectional views of Figs.3 and 4.

If desired, the lips 4r may be glued to the front wall 5 after the rollof gauze is placed in the package although this is not essential and Iprefer that the complete arrangement be as illustrated in Fig. 1. Thusthe user may see at a glance the quantity of gauze still left in theroll after a supply thereof has been withdrawn and cut off.

By my invention, a very inexpensive package is provided which enablesrapid assembly and the gauze is covered and protected by the act ofinserting the cover lip within the slot 5m: through which the gauze isprojected for use.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is as follows:

1. A package comprising a roll of gauze, tissue or the like, and acardboard body portion formed with top and bottom walls, rear and endwalls, a longitudinal aperture formed in the top wall through which theend of the roll is passed to form a projecting area lying on the topwall, the roll being located within said body portion, and a front wallclosure flap. carried by the bottom wall and extending upwardly andhaving at its upper margin a tongue of a length substantiallycoextensive with said aperture and the width substantially greater thanthe distance between the front edge of the top wall and the saidaperture, the tongue being thereby adapted tocover said projecting areaof the roll and also adapted to enter said longtiudinal aperture of thetop wall, and to frictionally engage the top wall rearwardly of theaperture.

2. A package comprising a roll of gauze, tissue or the like, and acardboard body portion formed with top and bottom walls, rear and endwalls, a longitudinal aperture formed in the top wall substantiallyrearward of its front longitudinal edge and substantially co-extensivetherewith, through which aperture the end of the roll is passed to forma projecting area lying parallel with the top wall, the roll beinglocated within said body portion, and a front wall closure flap carriedby the bottom Wall and extending upwardly, a tongue connected to theupper margin of the flap and lying parallel with the top wall, saidtongue being of a length substantially co-extensive with said apertureand a width substantially greater than the distance between the frontedge of the top wall and the said aperture, the tongue surmounting saidprojecting area of the roll and entering said aperture to projectrearwardly thereof in frictional contact with the top wall.

HARRY C. SIMON.

